Tuesday, January 08, 2013

VESTEL 17MB18 _ TFT-LCD TV _ SOFTWARE UPDATE DESCRIPTION _ INITIALIZING TV




SOFTWARE UPDATE

 IC PROGRAMMING
    17MB18 has two programmable ICs, UOCIII (IC203) and 29XX800 (IC102, having the PW1306 (IC100) codes).
    29XX800 (IC102) will be programmed before the TV production and will be mounted as programmed. On the other hand, software update can be needed after production so the programming instructions is given.

UOC III PROGRAMMING:  ENTERING ISP MODE
  • Press Power On and turn on the TV.
  • Press Remote Controls (RC) “Menu” (M) and “4””7””2””5” buttons respectively.
  • The following menu will displayed on the screen.
GTV 3.2.1
000 EurAsia TVSub         05.01

00000000 00111100
01000000 01100100
11000101 01100100
00000000 01100100
  • Press RCs “0” ”0” ”2” buttons respectively.(“ISP Mode 0” line will be displayed on the screen.)
  • Press RCs “Volume +” button and set UOC to ISP mode. .(“ISP Mode 1” line will be displayed on the screen.)
LOADING THE CODE
  • Connect the 5 pin cable of the “programming board” to PL203 of the 17MB18 main board.  Connect the programming board to the computer in which “WISP” program is loaded via “Parallel Port”.
  • Run WISP program. As it is seen in figure1 change “Delay time” value to “5” ms.
  • Under “Settings Menu”, set the I2C configurations; press “Confirm” and close this window.
(Note: Once the above settings are done, there is no need to do them again each time loading the UOC code.)
  • Click “Enter ISP Mode” button and then click “Send” button. In the white display area with “ISP status” heading, “ISP mode... Ready” will be displayed. (Unless you do not see this warning, check the cable connections and the settings described above.)
  • WISP MAIN MENU






  • I2C CONFUGURATION




  • Click “Erase Flash” button and then click “Send” button. If erasing is done without any problem, “three green OK” will be displayed on the main menu window. This indicates that the memory inside the IC is erased successfully.
  • Click “Write Flash” button and then click “Browse” button. Select the “gtv.hex” UOC code file by browsing the explorer to the folder where this “gtv.hex” file is stored. Wait for a few seconds until the program reads the code. You will see the blue bar indicating the “reading operation” on the bottom of the Wisp main menu window.
  • Click “Send” button. You will see the blue bar indicating the “Loading Code to UOC IC” on the bottom of the window. When the loading operation is over without any error “three green OK” will be displayed on the window. This indicates the loading operation is performed successfully.
INITIALIZING THE TV
  • Turn off and on the TV. Press RCs “Menu” (M) and “4””7””2””5” buttons respectively.
  • Press RCs “0” ”0” ”1” buttons respectively. (“Init TV 0” will be displayed on the screen)
  • Press RCs “Volume +” and set “Init TV 1” and wait the TV to automatically turn off.
29XX800 PROGRAMMING FOR PW1306

The following instructions are only needed for software upgrades. For the TV production, pre-programmed 29XX800 will be mounted on the board.
  1. Copy flasher.hex and romcode.hex to “X:\XXX\ QTV_TVK2_V_021\Project\PW13XX_QTV” directory.
  2. Connect programmer board 4-pin cable to PL100 on 17MB18.
  3. Connect programmer board serial port cable to PC COM Port1.
  4. Close jumper PL501.
  5. Execute “FlashUpgrader.exe” in “C:\XXX\ QTV_TVK2_V_021\bin\” directory.
  6. Press “Choose” and select romcode.inf from “C:\XXX\ QTV_TVK2_V_021\Project\PW13XX_QTV” directory.
  7. Press “Flash”
  8. Power on the board. Observe the sliding bar on the main menu showing that flasher.hex and then romcode.hex are being downloaded to the IC on 17MB18 main board.
  9. Power off the board when the download operation is over.
  10. Open jumper PL501.
  • Power On the board. Press Remote Controls (RC) “Menu” (M) and “4””7””2””6” buttons respectively.
  • By using RIGHT and LEFT buttons of the RC, select “Service Submenu 2”
  • By using DOWN button of the RC highlight Init NVM. Press RIGHT button of the RC and initialize the PixelWorks side.
  • Turn Off and On the TV.
  • Depending the size of the Panel(15”, 17”, 20”) the screen may be full white and no picture is observed.
If screen is full white:
  1. For 15” TV, Press Remote Controls (RC) “Menu” (M) and “4” “7” “2” “6” buttons and then “0” respectively.
  2. For 17” TV, Press Remote Controls (RC) “Menu” (M) and “4” “7” “2” “6” buttons and then “2” respectively.
  3. For 20” TV, Press Remote Controls (RC) “Menu” (M) and “4” “7” “2” “6” buttons and then “1” respectively.

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